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By: Collaboradate Online Dating Blog

Collaboradate Online Dating Blog — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:34:27 +0000

Meetmoi and the start of mobile dating….

Earlier this week, Jeff Blum was out buying a sandwich when his mind wandered toward his social life. So he got out his cellphone and sent a text message with his work ZIP Code to MeetMoi, a new mobile dating service. Within minutes, his phone receiv…

By: Gina Fan

Gina Fan — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:44:19 +0000

I agree 200% with James. because the accurate location can never be retrieved unless the phone has GPS or A-GPS ( cell-id does not work because it is not accurate and because it is almost impossible to obtain antenna locations from mobile operator), there is NOTHING in the service that will make truly location based.

I am just amazed of the power of persuassion of somebody who convince a VC to invest 1.5MUSD in such an application !

Besides, because there is NO volume in this service compared to what you can get in myspace or other social network site… it does not represent any interest.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:09:10 +0000

mCruising, I wonder if it is easy to have similar services for niche dating sites, like adultfriendfinder, millionairematch.

By: RaJesh Anandakrishnan

RaJesh Anandakrishnan — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:53:28 +0000

Here is my experience with meetmoi. Please encourage me in commenting the article in my blog.

http://www.suggestusability.co.....users.html

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:50:33 +0000

Hey guys,

I’m the VP of Business Development at Meetmoi. First of all, thank you for your comments. We appreciate all of them, positive and negative. We’re always looking to learn from our users.

James or others - You mention that we should be talking with consumers throughout Europe and Asia. We’re constantly doing so. I’m wondering whether you feel there’s something specific we should looking into.

For the rest of you, we appreciate any and all suggestions. If you’d like, you can reach me at darren@meetmoi.com

By: patricia

patricia — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:22:21 +0000

@ Greg, I kind of disagree. I think what’s going on in Europe with internet video is a great example of what will go on here in the future, and the same can be said with some of the user trends in Asia. I don’t think that cultural differences matter nearly as much anymore. We’re much more of a global world now - access is different, the exposure we have to things is WAY different, and the gap between different cultures has definitely closed.

Do I think it means that everything over there is going to be sticky here? No. Is it potentially a safe litmus test of what could work here? Yes.

By: Greg Harris

Greg Harris — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:43:24 +0000

James,

While I clearly have issues with MeetMoi (see my blog), I have said many times that you can’t just look at what happened in Europe and Asia when it comes to what will make money in the U.S.

I don’t understand why people keep saying this. SMS is on the upswing here. At the same time, the technology is far more advanced than it was when SMS was getting popular in the UK.

We are also a different culture. There are so many factors that make a one to one comparison irrelevant.

As for MeetMoi, it’s a feature, not a product.

By: patricia

patricia — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:19:51 +0000

@ James, can you elaborate? I’d love to hear this also. I think you’re absolutely right.

By: Rajat Gupta

Rajat Gupta — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:27:25 +0000

hi,
great concept,can u give me the registration process

By: James

James — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:18:23 +0000

Dear VCs and SMS entrepreneurs,
Please visit Europe or Asia or talk to people who live there and you will MUCH more quickly learn what type of mobile (SMS) based services ACTUALLY succeeded 5-7 years ago and what didn’t. Alternatively you can burn $1.5M to test it, but a simple conversation with someone who has been through the same issues half a decade ago would save a lot of time and effort.

By: mCruising

mCruising — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:17:11 +0000

We have a similar service for the Gay community. Location based, and Wap based. Hook-up with someone in your local area, read profile, see pictures and text anonymously.

We have a version for the straight community coming very soon.

http://www.mcruising.com

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:54:17 +0000

@Darin: I think that’s the point. But only with their consent (so is that *really* stalking?)

By: TechCrunch Japanese

TechCrunch Japanese — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:29:23 +0000

モバイル出会い系MeetMoiが、資金調達に成功…

MobileCrunchで取り上げているモバイル出会い系サービスのMeetMoiが、Acadia Woods partnersから$1.5M（150万ドル）を調達した。
ウェブの出会い系サービスは以前取り上げたことがあるが、MeetMoi…..

By: Darin

Darin — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:20:37 +0000

oh boy … i can see this turn into some type of stalking service … “real easy way to find chicks … just log on your phone and look in your area!”

Darin

By: patricia

patricia — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:03:30 +0000

It’s not exactly hard to get into the WSJ these days. No offense.

I think this company at best will end up evolving into something different - either a whole other communications tool, or move to a traditional dating site, or something, in order to be successful.

Sorry.

By: squasher98

squasher98 — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:44:18 +0000

MeetMoi was also just featured in today’s Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/.....jie/6month

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By: Allen Stern

Allen Stern — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:50:42 +0000

This was one of my first reviews ( http://www.centernetworks.com/meetmoi-review ) and what’s really interesting is that the concept was my final project in my MBA studies. I called it “mobileHarmony”.

The idea in simple was that you were sitting at a starbucks and if a person was nearby who met your needs, you were alerted via sms and then could text each other to see about meeting up. Could be for friends hookup or dating, etc.

I think there is a huge market here and its nice to see that MeetMoi has updated their site image… Andrew mentioned it was coming but I never heard back on a launch date.

Congrats to the team!